The first off-campus residence for women at Santa Clara was named Park Lanai and later called Villa Maria.

The Santa Clara baseball team played the San Francisco Giants at Buck Shaw Stadium on April 13, 1964, with tickets priced at only $2.50!

In 1964, the women's basketball team (pictured), went undefeated with a 6-0 record.

Santa Clara University first allowed students to add minors and a second major in 1985.

In 1986, Mother Teresa came to SCU to accept the St. Clare Award from then-President William J. Rewak, S.J., and Justice Edward A. Panelli '53.

After a much-needed restoration, the Sacred Heart statue, one of SCU’s oldest and beloved icons, was finally returned to its pedestal overlooking Mission Gardens in 2014. It was originally placed there in 1884.